Amanda Jung/ Staff Writer We live in a society that is comfortable with the idea of labeling everyone. Whether it’s your gender, your religion or your sexuality, you are forced to fall under a certain category and we’re so used to this concept that most of us don’t mind answering these questions when we’re asked. When […]
Alecia Allen/ Contributing Writer Have you ever felt that you’re not too crazy about having sex or have little to no feelings of attraction towards other people but don’t know why? You might be asexual or aromantic. In basic terms, asexuality means that you’re not sexually attracted to other people, but can be romantically attracted […]
Fabienne Fleurantin/ Staff Writer We have come a long way with LGBTQA rights. It was a beautiful moment in history when we saw the Supreme Court vote in favor of same-sex marriages, making it legal nationwide. But we still have far to go. Under the Trump Presidency, LGBTQA rights remain uncertain. Trump has stated that […]
Caroline Lozano/ Contributing Writer Last Saturday, I decided to watch “Beauty and the Beast.” Although I was curious to see how this film would compare to the 1991 Disney animated classic, I also wanted to see the portrayal of the character of LeFou, Gaston’s silly and diminutive sidekick. Earlier this month, director Bill Condon revealed […]
Christian Gonzalez/ Staff Writer It was my junior year of high school. As I sat in art history class, bored to oblivion, one of my friends leaned over and whispered, “I’m gay.” My first reaction was to laugh. I thought “John” was joking. At Belen Jesuit, the Catholic high school I attended, the word gay […]
A university is about providing a platform for curious people to explore the world and individuals around them. It’s impossible to accomplish this if students do not feel comfortable or safe in their environments; and secondly, if students and professors are unable to have civilized discussions about the LGBTQA community, how the world currently perceives […]
Daniela Perez/ Staff Writer Although the act of severing the brain’s prefrontal lobe is no longer a medical treatment for mental disorders such as schizophrenia and depression, the issue of conversion therapy has entered the political limelight this past year because of Vice President Mike Pence. In his 2000 congressional campaign website, Pence showed a […]
Erica Santiago/News Director Noel Cerulean is a student living in a “gray area” of multiple identities. Cerulean, a senior majoring in nutrition and dietetics, is a first-generation Cuban-American who also identifies as non-binary and asexual; the former describes someone who identifies as neither male nor female, and the latter describing someone who does not experience […]
